Is the first question you will ask yourself in any emergency. Answer it now. Go to the CERT Training Web site to be prepared.

Full-time employees eligible to observe holidays and for whom Saturday, July 4, 2009, is a regularly scheduled day off will be credited with holiday leave or vacation for Council 82 represented employees. Classified part-time employees who are regularly scheduled to work at least half-time and are normally scheduled to work on the Friday immediately preceding the Saturday holiday shall be credited with holiday leave equivalent to the number of hours in the employee's regular Friday schedule. This holiday leave must be used before July 4, 2010.

Please join editors from four national journals to discover the publication of scholarly writing from the editors' perspectives, Friday, June 19, from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. in Cleveland Hall 418. Panel members:

The Financial Fitness: Living Within a Realistic Budget webinar will be held on Thursday, June 18, from noon to 1:00 p.m. Register for the webinar on the NYS-Balance Web site.

A reception to honor graduates of the 2009 Restaurant Institute is planned for Monday, June 15, at 4:00 p.m. in Campus House. This year’s small business entrepreneurs group, which began the program on January 5, 2009, will conclude the six-month educational program with 11 students.

Have been recorded for the last 150 years. Be prepared to respond at home and at work. Go to the CERT Web site for training information.

The Save Your Local Planet display is on view in E. H. Butler Library's lower lobby through August. Save your local planet one small step at a time. Urban Roots Community Garden Center is a consumer cooperative business whose mission is to provide quality products for gardening in the City of Buffalo and be an active and enriching member of the community. Earth Spirit Educational Services, Inc., founded in 1980, is a 501(c) (3) not-for-profit membership organization which shares with others a sensitivity and respect for the ways of nature. Earth Spirit works with many groups including schools, colleges, community organizations, and the general public.

Reminder: All purchase requisitions must be received in the Purchasing Department by the close of business on Friday, June 12, 2009, in order to be processed for this fiscal year. This includes purchase requisitions for computer equipment and equipment replacement requirements, as well as purchases through Office Max.

A UPS representative will be on campus to discuss setting up department accounts for all your shipping needs, Friday, June 12, from 9:00 a.m. to noon in Cleveland Hall 418. You do not need to attend the full three hours. Please plan to stop in to set up your account during this time frame. If you cannot attend, please contact Donna or Belinda in Purchasing at ext. 4113.

In April, you were sent materials by the NYS Department of Civil Service (Employee Benefits Division) and Budco Health Services Solution regarding the Dependent Eligibility Verification Project. Before they ask you to provide proof of eligibility for your dependent(s), they are allowing a special amnesty period to remove ineligible dependents from health insurance without penalty. It is very important that you respond to the materials by Friday, June 12, 2009. If you fail to remove ineligible dependents during this special amnesty period, you risk losing dependent coverage effective February 1, 2009, and being held responsible for repaying claims paid under NYSHIP for those dependents as early as the date the dependent was first added to coverage. Other penalties could also be imposed.